Newsletter 5861-036
The 2nd Year of the 5th Sabbatical Cycle
The 30th year of the 120th Jubilee Cycle
The 9th day of the 9th month, 5861 years after the creation of Adam
The 5th Sabbatical Cycle after the 119th Jubilee Cycle
The Sabbatical Cycle of the Red Heifer, Famine, Captivity & The 2 Witnesses
November 1, 2025
Shabbat Shalom to the Royal Family of Yehovah,
I am this week again diving into the celebrations that take place at this time of year and are called various names but all of them celebrate the Festival of Light or the lighting of objects for the dead. It is a TEST. Will you pass or fail? For some, they have staked their lives on these events. They will not change. Others simply follow the crowd to avoid being isolated and alone. But no matter how you wrap it, no matter the size of the bow, the testing goes on. Those chosen to be 1 of the 12,000 from each of the 12 tribes is a very small number when you consider it. Are you one of those few? It is time once again to chose and with so little time left in this age, the opportunities to repent and get it right the next time are becoming few and then none. It is time to decide which tree you are going to pursue. It is time. The sand in the hourglass is almost empty.
This past week, part of the world celebrated Diwali; many are now going to keep Halloween. Later Chanukah from December 14-22, 2025, then the Christmas season, and New Year’s. My question to you all is: why are there only 12,000 from each of the 12 tribes of Israel, but Yehovah also states in Revelation 7 that He is going to take an innumerable multitude from those heathen? I am asking you to answer the question of why. I hope this is a wake-up call for all of you who are just doing enough to get in. Maybe you’re not in…
Finally, I want to encourage you all to give the gift that keeps on giving. Give your loved ones a copy of It Was A Riddle Not A Command and tell them this book shows them precisely what day Jesus was born on. Let this book do for them what you cannot do yourself. Let it convict them as we get closer to the Christmas season. Then you can have that conversation you have been praying Yehovah will grant you by having your family in this walk with you. Get a copy and give it them today so they have time to read before Christmas. https://sightedmoon.com/riddle-lp/
The Stones Cry Out Part 1 & Part 2
The Stones Cry Out Part 1 & Part 2
Do you want to know how to prove the Zadok Calendar, the Enoch Calendar, and the Book of Jubilee Calendar false?
Do you want to know how the calendar issue became so confusing?
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In The Stones Cry Out, I walk you through the history of each change and why those changes came about, starting with the Maccabean days. Yes, it all began around 164 B.C. When Yehshua was here, he was dealing with two schools of thought. The Sadducees were all but wiped out when the Temple fell in 70 C.E. This left only the Pharisees, who began to be persecuted after the failure of the Bar Kochbah Revolt in 134 C.E.
The truth began to become out of focus around 160 C.E. when Rabbi Jose wrote the Seder Olam. This work originally was written to proof Simon Bar Kochbah was the Messiah. When that did not pan out the history was later revived and then redacted as the truth into the Mishneh Torah by Rabbi Judah ha Nasi in 180 C.E. After this the Jerusalem Talmud begins to debate these issues. It was then during this time as the Jerusalem Talmudist are forced to flee and the Babylonian Talmudist continue to grow until the 6th century that Hillel came up with a solution to help them keep the Holy Days at the proper time while they were out of the land of Israel. He did this in 358 C.E. This work was then modified and adjusted over the next 800 years with additions added and other rejected. Until it was finally redacted once again in 1177 by Rambam. And with that we now have the modern Hillel calendar which includes the errors passed on during each redaction. These errors included the time of the Sabbatical and Jubilee years.
Once the Temple was destroyed in 70 C.E., the Jews recorded time by counting from the time It was destroyed. This is why the 40 tombstones of Zoar, which record this information, are crucial to understand.
When you understand why the Postponement rules were first created so that the crescent moon would not be seen in another part of the world before it was seen in Israel then you can understand how they were still trying to follow the crescent moon to begin the month. The Tombstones show us this exact thing. The tombstones also show us when the Jews changed from a crescent moon to a Conjunction moon to begin the month. They also show us when the Jews changed the year from the month of Aviv to the Tishri to begin the year.
I really want you to understand these things so you know why you do what you do as far as following a calendar to keep Yehovah’s moedim.
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Most people assume that Hillel created the calendar in 358 C.E. They then assume that because it was a Sanhedrin, they are not allowed to change in order to obey Yehovah. The Hillel calendar has been changed many times since 358 C.E. up until 1177 C.E. Few people talk about these changes but we do in our latest Book The Stones Cry Out Part 1 which is free on our website. The Hillel calendar was changed on many occasions and many sought to make other changes during this time. They never needed a Bet Din to approve those changes. They just did them. So this excuse that we do not have the right to obey Yehovah because the Bet Din has not approved it is a crock of crap.
You have the obligation to obey Yehovah. You have the duty to prove which calendar you are to go by. You must prove it beyond all doubt. Yehshua never followed the Hillel calendar. Nor did any of the Apostles.
The reason no man can know the day or the hour is because it refers to a crescent moon to begin the 7th month. That is the day He was born on and the day He comes to judge on. At a day and hour no one can know. Using the Hillel calendar predicts Yom Teruah years in advance so every one knows when to keep it. But even in the Hillel calendar they keep two days of Yom Teruah reckoning back to the sighted moon. Also in the postponement rules developed long after Hillel, they again state that if the conjunction is at a certain time then the day begins at such and such, in order that the moon will not be seen in another part of the world before it is seen in Israel. That was rule number 2.
Everyone has to choose. You have the right to be wrong. But if you choose to be wrong then you also must live with the consequences that come with sin. And that is the death penalty for not keeping the Holy Days, these Sabbath at the proper time. It is your choice.
Just because you write in to me to justify your position does mean it is right. It just means your sounding off.
Allow me to share this endorsement of our latest book again. If you have read our books, please share your thoughts about them with us in the comments below or email me.
And yes, many observe the Equinox. There are many who are deceived, improperly educated. And this is why Joe puts out a newsletter every week, why he writes books, why the SightedMoon Zoom Shabbat service started, why he travels to places like England and the Philippines to share this message and why were are going to the NRB in February. The calendar is always a divisive issue in social circles because the details are many, that’s why there are so many books Joe has written. I’m not looking to put Joe on a pedestal here. This is not about Joe worship. But Joe has tenaciously studied out the calendar from every angle, not to prove himself right, to to seek to find and share what Yehovah is telling us about His Calendar.
In The Stones Cry Out, Joe has shared the history of all the different groups within Israel, and the beliefs they had about the scriptures and the feast days and the calendar. When you line it all up, you can see for yourself the how and why these misunderstandings and arguments about how and where and why they came about.
This is my new favourite book and I’m only 60-70 pages in. And I encourage you to read the footnotes in this one. Sometimes there’s more footnote on the page than Joe’s words.
Sombra Wilson
When I wrote Stones Cry Out, I wanted it to be one of our FREE books so everyone would have it. It is more of an encyclopedia than a book to read. It will be your quick resource book; you will have access to every question about any calendar, how it got started, and who started it. You will also learn the history of how the Mishnah was assembled, when it was assembled and why. Then, you will learn how that information was transferred into both the Jerusalem and the Babylonian Talmud until it reached its final stage in the Mishneh Torah. Along with this progression, the calendar also progressed and changed long after 358 C.E. when Rabbi Hillel first published it. But…what was before the Hillel calendar? What does the Mishnah record about those things?
The Stones Cry Out was originally going to be one book explaining all the various proofs we have discovered, demonstrating when the Sabbatical and Jubilee years are throughout history.
You can know; it is not a mystery.
As I began to write The Stones Cry Out, I quickly found myself going back, time and time again, to explain how the calendar is behind the confusion of the Sabbatical and Jubilee years. The Rabbis, as they began to write the Mishnah, incorporated wrong understandings, and those errors were written into what became known as the Talmud and then the Mishneh Torah. The expulsion from the land and subsequent persecutions in trying to send out messengers to report the barley being found or the crescent moon being seen, proved to be more and more dangerous over time. All of these things took place over 14 centuries.
Then as I was working on The Stones Cry Out, I discovered that many people were now accepting the Zadok calendar as factual. This is when we pivoted to include all the details of the various calendars that have crept back into public knowledge today and are being used to mislead new people who are just starting to learn about the calendar. All of this was directly connected to the period starting with the Hasmonaeans, up to the destruction of the Temple. Then, with the compiling of the Mishnah, the studies that led into the writing of the Jerusalem Talmud, then the Babylonian Talmud and finally the Mishneh Torah, each error that was added is compounded over time.
The Stones Cry Out, Part 1 explains the history of how each compilation of the Oral Torah incorporated errors, leading the followers thereof away from the actual Torah. In understanding these facts, it is then possible to understand more readily how the Sabbatical and Jubilee years were then mixed and later changed. By explaining all this history, I will be able to help you the reader understand the tombstones when most authorities do not. They have assumed, to their error, the Hillel calendar to have always been in use since Mount Sinai. Not understanding the history of the calendars is why most authorities dismiss the tombstones as too confusing to use. Once you understand The Stones Cry Out Part 1, Part 2 will be very easy to grasp.
Daniel 7:25 tells us he will change the appointed seasons and commandments. Many assume Constantine did this when he made Sunday the Sabbath. Few have considered the calendar’s many changes and how they relate to us today. Hidden in this proverbial swamp of confusion is the truth about the Sabbatical and Jubilee years. The Sabbatical and Jubilee years reveal the truths about the calendar that have been hidden for almost 2000 years.
We are in the very last days and Yehshua warned us that during this time:
Mat 24:10 And then many will be offended, and will betray one another, and will hate one another.
Mat 24:11 And many false prophets will rise and deceive many.
Mat 24:12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many will become cold.
Mat 24:13 But he who endures to the end, the same shall be kept safe.
Paul also warned Timothy about these last days, warning that some would leave the truth and begin to follow demonic teachers:
1Ti 4:1 But the Spirit expressly says that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons,
Paul again warned the Thessalonians that the Great Falling away would take place in the last days. How can you fall away if you have never come to know the truth? So who is Paul talking to? Those who are called and answer that calling begin to walk this road of restoration back to Yehovah, and then at some point along that walk, they change and leave this walk following the teachings of demons to false calendar.
2Th 2:1 Now we beseech you, my brothers, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him,
2Th 2:2 that you should not be soon shaken in mind or troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word or letter, as through us, as if the Day of Christ is at hand.
2Th 2:3 Let not anyone deceive you by any means. For that Day shall not come unless there first comes a falling away, and the man of sin shall be revealed, the son of perdition,
2Th 2:4 who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, setting himself forth, that he is God.
We must endure until the end. We must not let ourselves become offended by personalities and leave the faith once given.
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Sightedmoon.com Podcasts
Sightedmoon.com Podcasts
This week, Ryan has two new podcasts, actually, I think he did one in Japanese with Kaori, but I don’t see it here yet. You can listen to these in the car on your way to and from work. We have also begun to number them so we can keep track of just how far we have come. I began this in 2017 and then had a long pause. I needed help. Ryan has answered that calling and now I have to let him develop his own style and grow from there. I do hope your enjoying them. Sadly we do not have the ability to comment on them, but you can always drop us a note and I can post it here with each weeks update.
#51 New Beginnings with Sombra Wilson
Genesis 1
When God created the heavens and the earth and the earth was without form and void. In Hebrew we call it “tohu” and “boho”. “thou” means to be desolate, wilderness, and “boho” means empty and void. So God created this beautiful garden but he couldn’t just create something like this and then leave it to itself. He needed to place something there to maintain it, thus man was created to continue to perpetuate order and beauty to this garden that was created by God. He gave man mastery and dominion over creation, over the animals, to maintain this God given order.
Man took what God gave to him for granted and disobeyed (sinned) against God and His instruction and was exiled from the garden of Eden and made to now till the ground. What man had before was order and a gift, but now he must work to establish that order because there will be thrones and thistles in the land.
This also included the animals and everything man had dominion over. So, everything fell when Adam sinned, Because Adam was not just over his wife, he had dominion over all of creation. Even the animals became corrupt as a result of man’s transgression. Some people might see this as unfair, but in light of the grand scheme it’s quite fair. If a king falls, the entire kingdom and everything that king ruled over also falls. That is the order by which things have always operated since the fall of man. God didn’t design it to be that way, but man’s rebellion forced God’s hand in this, since He is supremely just.
It’s a very interesting conversation and I hope you all enjoy it!
Welcome back from your trip to Kenya, Sombra!
#050 Torah Talk, Sukkot Experience, and More | Interview with Shane Diltz
Shane and I just having a nice conversation about keeping Torah and what changed our direction in our lives to follow after Yehovah God. We also talk about how this experience doesn’t separate us from following after Yeshua Messiah(Jesus Christ) and how Jesus actually wanted people to get back to the plain meaning of the Old Testament in order to follow after God properly.
Shane also speaks about his experience traveling with Joe and what it was like setting up these speaking events.
We had a lot of fun in this episode and hope that you have just as much fun listening to it.
Sightedmoon.com has a new host doing our podcasts for us. His name is Ryan Nall. You can listen to all our podcasts at the following link. https://sightedmoon.blubrry.com/ Please do share these with others and help us to grow this work.
- #050 Torah Talk, Sukkot Experience, and More | Interview with Shane Diltz
- Who is The Beast From The Book of Revelation? | Interview with Joseph Dumond
- Chrisitanity Inveneted Hallowe’en
- The Thief in The Night | No Man Knows The Day or The Hour
- Speaking The Word of God in Kenya | Interview with Sombra Wilson
- The Yoreh Rains Already Came? | Israel is Late on Keeping Sukkot!
- How did you come to Torah!? | Interview with Sombra Wilson
- Has The Commandments of God Passed Away? | Interview with Consuelo Peregrina
Who is The Beast From The Book of Revelation? | Interview with Joseph Dumond
Hello and Shalom everyone! I am your host Ryan Nall and today I am interviewing a special guest, Joseph Dumond. Today we are going to be talking about his new book that will be coming out very soon “A Lion Rises up, The Coming of Apollyon” and how the current events in the middle east is Biblical prophecy coming to pass before our very eyes.
Christianity Invented Halloween!?
Would you be shocked and appalled if I told you that Halloween was invented by Christianity?
Halloween is the 3rd most popular holiday in America according to ChatGPT.15% considering it their favorite Holiday.
Halloween is believed to have stemmed from Celtic origin.The day was called Samhain pronounced Saw-ween.When Rome conquered the Celtic nation in 79 CE, they began to mix this custom with their own dead worshiping holiday.
The Thief in The Night | No Man Knows The Day or The Hour
Joseph Dumond speaking on “The Thief in the Night” and “No Man Knows the Day or the Hour,” this is a great teaching that will open your eyes to both of these Biblical sayings that everyone loves to quote. Joseph really breaks it down in simple language that a 7 year old can understand. I hope you enjoy this lesson and don’t hesitate to visit us at Sightedmoon.com.
Speaking The Word of God in Kenya | Interview with Sombra Wilson
Today is a special episode, and we are here speaking with Sombra Wilson, who is currently in Kenya, Africa. She is experiencing such touching moments talking with the Kenyan people and teaching the Word of Yehovah! We are indeed blessed by her testimony of how the people are discovering a new truth in keeping the Sabbath, and gaining a deeper understanding of the Torah.
She also quotes Isaiah 11:10 and describes how the Kenyan people understand Pathros to mean Kenya, as Kenya is at the end of the Nile. What a blessing that Sombra has been able to do this great work for Yehovah in teaching the Sabbatical and Jubilee years. We pray for the people of Kenya that they continue their search for Yehovah and find Him.
The Yoreh Rains Already Came? | Israel is Late on Keeping Sukkot!
The Yoreh Rains are the autumn rains of the year in Israel. These rains signify that the feast day calendar of the year has come to an end. While Israel and some other groups are celebrating Sukkot (The Feast of Tabernacles) this week, the rain has already come and gone! On Sept 25th, not only was it raining, but it also flooded parts of Israel with a record-breaking 5 inches of rain, marking the first occurrence in 93 years! This is Yehovah telling Israel that they are late in celebrating Sukkot. Why pray for rain, Schmini Azaret (8th Day Feast), if the rain has already happened? It’s a moot point to pray for rain while it’s raining. They are keeping Sukkot this week, and it’s literally forecast to rain in October. 12th. So, Yehovah is not only proving it to us once but twice that the Hillel calendar is a month late on the feast days. The Feast Days of Yehovah are dictated by scripture, by the wheat/barley being ripe for the harvest and the sighting of the crescent moon. While we were celebrating Sukkot in September, we didn’t see a single drop of rain. It was sunny the ENTIRE time. So, rain is the clue; if you see rain during Sukkot, then you’ve done something wrong. You have swerved off the path a few degrees. Let’s get back to the scriptures and start understanding when to celebrate the Holy Days of Yehovah at His appointed times.
How did you come to Torah!? | Interview with Sombra Wilson
Today we are having a conversation with Sombra Wilson who is also a member of the executive team here at sightedmoon. We are talking about how did we find Torah?
Have the Commandments of God Passed Away? | Interview with Consuelo Peregrina
Today, I have a special guest and Consuelo Peregrin will giving her testimony. She explains what led her to Torah as well as to sightedmoon.com
If you enjoyed this Podcast, please share it with a friend or family member. Our ultimate goal at sightedmoon.com is to bring you to a closer connection with the creator of the universe by giving you the information that you need to celebrate Him at His appointed times in the correct season.
It Was A Riddle Not A Command
It Was A Riddle Not A Command
Listen to this Podcast discussing one of Joseph’s most popular books.
You Can Learn the Secret Meaning of:
No One Knows the Day of the Hour
Why does no One Know When Jesus was born?
When Does the Thief in the Night Come?
Why Are the Foolish Virgins Rejected?
No One Knows The Day or The Hour is a Hebrew idiom or parable.
Jesus spoke in parables to conceal His message which He later explained to the Apostles.
No One Knows The Day or the Hour is telling you the very day He will come back on!
The exact opposite to what you thought it said!
This is the very same day when He first came.
The Book of Revelation Tells you the very day and hour He was born.
You are given clues in Revelation about the thief that comes in the night, about being caught naked and ashamed. All of these clues tell you about the very day He is coming back.
Paul wrote to the Thessalonians telling them they had no need to write them about the Day of the Lord
FOR THEY KNEW FULL WELL THE MOEDIM!!!
Knowing the Moedim shows you the Day and Hour No Man Can Know.
We are also told about the Two Witnesses in the Book of Revelation…
What revelations do the Two Witnesses show you about the birth of Jesus?
There was a heavenly Host praising God when Jesus was born.
This, too, tells you the Day He was born.
Are you aware that the 5 Foolish Virgins did not understand what the Thief in the Night was?
Do You?
All these questions and so much more are explained in detail.
It was a Riddle for us to figure out.
It was not a command that we could not know.
We can KNOW.
YOU Can Know!
Thoroughly researched and profoundly significant!
5.0 out of 5 stars
There just isn’t a better book on Christian prophecy than this! What an eye opener!
Of the many books and articles that I have read on prophecy in my personal search for truth, this is the only one that does not rely on old ideas that were developed hundreds of years ago when knowledge was minimal. So much more has been learned through historical and archeological research. The world has changed so much that before now no one could have clearly envisioned how prophecy might play out.
I think the average Christian doesn’t realize that recent developments in technology and huge increases in knowledge offer us a unique opportunity to raise the veil so that we might see clearly what was once hidden behind a dark glass.
After learning about these things and seriously considering the Bible, with a willingness to set aside my traditional beliefs about prophecy, I have come to the conclusion that this book is inspired by God. Mr. Dumond presents compelling information that overturns long held assumptions and unverified beliefs making the entire body of prophetic knowledge fully accessible. As a matter of fact I think that just about anyone with no previous knowledge of the Bible would understand things that scholars have devoted their lives to explaining.
I would like everyone to know what is being shown in the pages of this book. No serious truth seeker should pass up the opportunity to have their eyes opened through its revelations. I believe it is the most important book ever written,- next to the Bible itself.
Thank you Joseph Dumond.
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Torah Portion
Torah Portions
We read through the entire Torah along with the Prophets and the New Testament, once over the course of 3 1/2 years. Or according to the Sabbatical Cycle which means we read it all twice over a 7-year period. This allows us to cover more in-depth rather than being rushed to cover as much as is covered on an annual basis. We allow all to comment and take part in the discussions.
Septennial Torah Portion
If you go to Torah Portion in our archived section, you can then go to the 1st year, which is the 1st year of the Sabbatical Cycle, the one we are in now, as we state at the top of every Newsletter. There, you can scroll down to the proper date and see that this Shabbat, we could very well be midrashing about:
Leviticus 5
Jeremiah 26-28
Proverb 17
Acts 14
We are in the 1st Sabbatical Cycle in 2024-2025. We go through the entire bible twice in a 7 year cycle. This means we cover the entire bible once every 3 1/2 years. It gives us more time to debate and discuss each portion we read.
If you missed last week’s exciting discoveries as we studied that section, you can go and watch past Shabbats on our media section.
Join Our Sabbath Meetings
Join Our Sabbath Meetings
There are many people in need of fellowship and who are sitting at home on the Sabbath with no one to talk to or debate with. I want to encourage all of you to join us on Shabbat, and to invite others to come and join us as well. If the time is not convenient then you can listen to the teaching and the midrash after on our YouTube channel.
What are we doing and why do we teach this way?
We are going to discuss both sides of an issue and then let you choose. It is the work of the Ruach (Spirit) to direct and to teach you.
The medieval commentator Rashi wrote that the Hebrew word for wrestle (avek) implies that Jacob was “tied”, for the same word is used to describe knotted fringes in a Jewish prayer shawl, the tzitzityot. Rashi says, “thus is the manner of two people who struggle to overthrow each other, that one embraces the other and knots him with his arms”.
Our intellectual wrestling has been replaced by a different kind of struggle. We are wrestling with Yehovah as we grapple with His Word. It is an intimate act, symbolizing a relationship in which Yehovah and you and I are bound together. My wrestling is a struggle to discover what Yehovah expects of us, and we are “tied” to the One who assists us in that struggle.
Today, many say Israel means “Champion of God”, or better — the “Wrestler of God”.
Our Torah sessions each Shabbat teaches you and encourages you to constantly challenge, question, argue against, as well as view alternative views and explanations of the Word. In other words, we are to “wrestle with the Word” to get to the truth. Jews worldwide believe that you need to wrestle with the Word and constantly challenge Dogma, Theology, and views or else you will never get to the Truth.
We are not like most churches where “The preacher talks and everyone listens.” We encourage everyone to participate, to question and to contribute what they know on the subject being discussed. We want you to be a champion wrestler of the Word of Yehovah. We want you to wear the title of Israel, knowing that you not only know but are capable of explaining why you know the Torah to be true with logic and facts.
We have a few rules though. Let others talk and listen. There is no discussion about UFO’s, Nephilim, Vaccines or conspiracy-type subjects. We have people from around the world with different world views. Not everyone cares who is the President of any particular country. Treat each other with respect as fellow wrestlers of the word. Some of our subjects are hard to understand and require you to be mature and if you do not know, then listen to gain knowledge and understanding and hopefully wisdom. The very things you are commanded to ask Yehovah for and He gives to those who ask.
Jas 1:5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and with no reproach, and it shall be given to him.
We hope you can invite those who want to keep Torah to come and join us by hitting the link below. It is almost like a Torah teaching fellowship talk show with people from around the world taking part and sharing their insights and understandings.
We start off with some music and then some prayers and it’s as though you were sitting around the kitchen back in Newfoundland having a cup of coffee and all of us enjoying each other’s company. I hope you will grace us with your company someday.
Sabbath services begin at 12:30 PM EDT where we will be doing prayers, songs and teaching from this hour.
Shabbat midrash will begin at about 1:15 pm Eastern.
We look forward to you joining our family and getting to know us as we get to know you.
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Our Celtic Roots
Our Celtic Roots
A big thanks to our very first underwriter of the podcast. Joseph Dumond is an international speaker. He teaches the ancient roots of the Gaelic people at Sightedmoon.com.
You’ll hear me mention him in each episode of the podcast at the end of the show. This is not exactly advertising. It’s awareness promotion. I have no more than four more slots available every month if you, your business or your band want to be mentioned as an underwriter of the podcast.
Sukkot 2026
Sukkot 2026
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Yehovah also commands you to tithe 10% of your income to yourself. You can decide if it is on the gross or the net. But this is for you and your family for the Feasts. Do not neglect your tithe for your feast and do not be cheap about.
Deu 14:22 You shall truly tithe all the increase of your seed that the field brings forth year by year.
Deu 14:23 And you shall eat before Jehovah your God in the place which He shall choose to place His name there, the tithe of your grain, of your wine, and of your oil, and the first-born of your herds and of your flocks, so that you may learn to fear Jehovah your God always.
Deu 14:24 And if the way is too long for you, so that you are not able to carry it, or if the place is too far from you, which Jehovah your God shall choose to set His name there, when Jehovah your God has blessed you,
Deu 14:25 then you shall turn it into silver and bind up the silver in your hand, and shall go to the place which Jehovah your God shall choose.
Deu 14:26 And you shall pay that silver for whatever your soul desires, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatever your soul desires. And you shall eat there before Jehovah your God, and you shall rejoice, you and your household
Deu 14:27 and the Levite within your gates, you shall not forsake him, for he has no part nor inheritance with you.
Deu 14:28 At the end of three years you shall bring forth all the tithe of your increase the same year, and shall lay it up inside your gates.
Deu 14:29 And the Levite, because he has no part nor inheritance with you, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are inside your gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied, so that Jehovah your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.
Staring at Aviv 2026, we will begin our 3rd tithe year. Keep this in mind as we draw closer to this historic year. You do not want to be cut off because you failed to keep this commandment.
Exo 22:21 You shall neither vex a stranger nor oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Exo 22:22 You shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child.
Exo 22:23 If you afflict them in any way, and they cry at all to Me, I will surely hear their cry.
Exo 22:24 And My wrath shall become hot, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall be widows, and your sons fatherless.
Exo 22:25 If you lend money to one of My people who ispoor beside you, you shall not be to him as a money-lender, neither shall you lay upon him interest.
Exo 22:26 If you at all take your neighbor’s clothing as a pledge, you shall deliver it to him by the time the sun goes down.
Exo 22:27 For that is his covering only, it is his clothing for his skin. In what shall he sleep? And it will be, when he cries to Me, I will hear, for I am gracious.
Be Gathered Together
Be Gathered Together
Last week I spoke to you about the syncretism of the Torah with the heathen festivals and about assuming them all to be good.
On Shabbat, I read the Newsletter from Ephraim Frank, which I am going to share below. I have met with Ephraim many times and known him since 2009, when he first spoke at our Sukkot gathering we held in Jerusalem.
Shalom Fellow Israelite,
Let us: “Pause and wonder! Blind yourselves and be blind! They are drunk, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with intoxicating drink. For YHVH has poured out on you the spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes, namely, the prophets; And He has covered your heads, namely, the seers. The whole vision has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one who is literate, saying, ‘Read this, please.’ And he says, ‘I cannot, for it is sealed.’ Then the book is delivered to one who is illiterate, saying, ‘Read this, please.’ And he says, ‘I am not literate.’ Therefore, YHVH said: ‘Since these people draw near with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but have removed their hearts far from Me, and their fear toward Me is taught by the commandment of men. Therefore, behold, I will again do a marvelous work among this people, a marvelous work and a wonder; For the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hidden” (Isaiah 29:9-14). At that time, Jesus answered and said, “I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and have revealed them to babes” (Matthew 11:25).Where are the true prophets today? Where are the seers? YHVH is fulfilling His word even in the midst of this world’s chaos. But because YHVH is looking at the heart and not at external behavior, we cannot fool Him into thinking that all the loud or even contemplative forms of worship are pleasing to Him. In Ezekiel 14, the prophet warns that Israel has set up idols in their hearts, and then come before Him to worship Him. This is why in many Shabbat or Sunday gatherings, you will hear very little prophecy read from the Tanach, and if it is read, many will not understand because it is sealed. Preachers want to call people to repentance and revival, etc. Yet many are not just sleeping, but are “drunk”, and when in that state, it is almost impossible to shake them out of their stupor.With such a grim picture before us, the question may arise in our hearts and minds: Is YHVH really in the process of waking up and raising a nation that’s been lost, scattered, in oblivion as to its identity, and what’s more, according to the promise, is supposed to be not only great in numbers but also in its spiritual stature and become YHVH’s kingdom nation here on earth? What’s more, how ‘on earth’ is the gathered and identified part of the family (namely Judah), who is in oblivion as to its brother’s existence, going to become one with the former? Common sense would say, “Totally impossible”; “highly unlikely”; mere pipe dream”. Those “settled complacently on their dregs say in their hearts, ‘YHVH will not do good or evil’”. Further they murmur: “It is useless to serve YHVH; what profit is it that we have kept His ordinance, and that we have walked as mourners before YHVH of hosts?” “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation” (Zephaniah 1:12; Malachi 3:14; 2 Peter 3:4).Zephaniah goes on to say that these skeptics will be visited by YHVH and they will be held accountable (the verb being “pakod”) for these statements of unbelief, and continues with a description of the Day of YHVH being “a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of devastation and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness” (1:15), being only a partial list.What a dilemma! How are we to respond to these words, while at the same time we are also facing the world’s fast deteriorating conditions? If we go back to Zephaniah, in chapter 2, verse 1 Elohim is addressing an “undesired nation”, telling them to… yes…. “be gathered together”, using a double verb (hitkoshashu vekoshu) which means that He is driving a stern and emphatic message, as we can see from the warning that follows: “Before the decree is issued, or the day passes like chaff, before YHVH’s fierce anger comes upon you, before the day of YHVH’s anger comes upon you!” (verse 2). But there are more instructions, with hope embedded, which follow: “Seek YHVH, all you meek of the earth, who have upheld His justice. Seek righteousness, seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden in the day of YHVH’s anger” (verse 3).The humility mentioned above is right in line with the verb for being gathered (k.sh.sh). This is the only instance where this verb is used for gathering people. Typically, it refers to gathering sticks and twigs lying low on the ground. It was used to describe our ancestors’ stooped position (and condition) when they gathered straw (which is, not coincidentally,”kash”) in Egypt, just before their deliverance. It was used in 1 Kings 17:12 regarding the widow from Zarephath who, in her destitute state, “gathered” two sticks to prepare the last meal for herself and her son, just before Elijah arrived and saved the day.
Shortly before deliverance from dire straits in Egypt and a rescue in Zarephath (which means “smelting”, “refining”, “purifying”) by Elijah, we find the protagonists “stooping in humility”, and if this is not clear enough, we go back to the direct address in Zephaniah 2:3, which we looked at above. Let’s reread it: “Seek YHVH, all you meek of the earth, who have upheld His justice. Seek righteousness, seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden on the day of YHVH’s anger.” Be encouraged, as the long account of the impending judgment segues into: “In that day you shall not be shamed for any of your deeds in which you transgress against Me; For then I will take away from your midst those who rejoice in your pride, and you shall no longer be haughty in My holy mountain. I will leave in your midst a meek and humble people, and they shall trust in the name of YHVH. The remnant of Israel shall do no unrighteousness and speak no lies, nor shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth; for they shall feed their flocks and lie down, and no one shall make them afraid” (3:11-13). The rest of this chapter, all the way to the end of Zephaniah, crescendos into a joyful portrayal of the days to come.
The Light That Tests Us & Ham the Enlightener
Part 1 – The Light That Tests Us & Ham the Enlightener
By Joseph F. Dumond | Sightedmoon.com
When I look at the record of creation, I see that Yehovah formed light before He formed the luminaries. The light came first—a spiritual illumination that reveals, separates, and tests. From the beginning, light was never only about visibility; it was about discernment. Yehovah divided light from darkness so that His people would learn the difference between obedience and rebellion.
Every generation is tried by light. Adam was tested by what looked good to the eyes, Israel by the manna that fell six days but not on the seventh, and our own generation by the dazzling lights of religion, entertainment, and man-made festivals that claim to honour Him but are not commanded in His Torah.
The Counterfeit Light
The first counterfeit “light-bearer” after the Flood was Ham. His very name in Hebrew—Cham—comes from the root meaning “hot,” “burning,” or “sun-heated.” Egypt later remembered this ancestor as Khem or Chem, the name that still clings to the land in the word Kemet, “the Black (sun-baked) Land.” [1] The nations turned that meaning of heat and brightness into worship of the sun itself. Thus, Ham, the father of Egypt, became to them the first “enlightener,” the one whose light was not the light of Yehovah but of the burning orb in the sky.
The Scripture refers to Egypt as “the land of Ham” (Psalm 105:23; 106:22 MKJV). From that same root, the Egyptians built the cult of Ra and Amun-Ra, the rising and setting fire that they said gave life to the Nile. What had begun as a man’s name meaning “warmth” became a god of blazing rebellion.
Psa 105:23 Israel also came into Egypt, and Jacob resided in the land of Ham.
Psa 106:21 They forgot God their Deliverer, who had done great things in Egypt;
Psa 106:22 wonderful works in the land of Ham, fearful things by the Red Sea.
Uncovering the Father’s Nakedness
Genesis 9 records that Ham “saw the nakedness of his father.” In Hebrew, this idiom means more than looking upon a body; it means uncovering a father’s wife and his authority—stripping away his covering and seizing what was not given. Ham’s act was not curiosity but insubordination. He brought dishonour to the covenant head of the new world. He had a sexual relationship with his mother and gave birth to Canaan, whom Noah curses. Cush also had sex with her as did Nimrod when he came to power.
Lev 18:8 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife. It is your father’s nakedness.
Lev 20:11 And the man who lies with his father’s wife has uncovered his father’s nakedness. Both of them shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be on them.
From that rebellion sprang a pattern: whenever men throw off the covering Yehovah places, they replace it with their own “light.” They interpret, explain, and prophesy without His Spirit. They invent festivals to honour the Creator with what He never commanded. Ham’s enlightenment was the first humanistic illumination, a torch lit from strange fire.
The Birth of Solar Worship
The nations descending from Ham carried his symbol. Mizraim (Egypt) raised obelisks shaped like rays; Cush and Nimrod built towers to reach the heavens; Canaan filled his hills with high places. Yehovah had warned that such things would come:
“And take heed, lest you lift up your eyes unto heaven, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, you be driven to worship them and serve them, which Yehovah your Elohim has divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.” — Deuteronomy 4:19 (MKJV) [2]
This was not merely a prohibition; it was an observation of the human heart. The Creator knew that men would look at light and desire it more than the Source of light. Egypt, Babylon, and every empire after them repeated Ham’s choice: they built civilizations on the worship of illumination rather than obedience.
The Test of Light
I often tell readers that Yehovah’s commands are tests. He gives a command not because He needs it kept but because He wants to reveal hearts. The tree in Eden was a test of loyalty; the manna in the wilderness was a test of trust:
“Then said Yehovah unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in My law, or no.” — Exodus 16:4 (MKJV) [3]
Yehovah stopped the manna on the seventh day. The people chose to go instead, and they found none, so that their disobedience might be exposed. Light always tests. Every revelation is an examination.
Today, the same pattern stands. The world keeps festivals of its own making—festivals of lights, of candles, of suns—and says they honour the Creator. But the question remains: Who commanded them? The true Light of the world does not need the light of men’s inventions to confirm His glory. He tests whether we will walk by His word or by our own reasoning.
Footnotes – Part 1
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TP 16 Aug 2014.docx, p. 3 – discussion of Ham as Khem, “hot,” and Egypt as “land of Ham.”
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The-Torah-Calendar v1.71-Home-Printable.pdf, Deut 4:19 exegesis on sun-worship.
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Exodus 16:4 (MKJV).
Part 2 – Cush, Cronus, and the Interpreter of Prophecy
The Second Generation of Rebellion
After Ham came his son Cush, and with him the second generation of rebellion. If Ham’s sin was to challenge the authority of his father, Cush’s sin was to replace the voice of Yehovah with human interpretation. Ancient records recall Cush under various titles—Kronos, Chaos, Belus, and Saturn—all names that signify time, darkness, or the hidden one. He is called the Interpreter, for he taught men to divine the future without the Spirit of Yehovah, to read omens, to trust the movements of stars rather than the Word. In this way, Cush became the father of every false prophecy.
Hislop notes that the Greeks said Cronus “interpreted the prophecies” of the sky and that the Chaldeans called him Bel, the lord of divination. [1] Where Ham had looked upon forbidden light, Cush sought forbidden knowledge. Both gestures come from the same root—pride.
The Birth of Human Wisdom
Cush’s teaching spread rapidly. In Babel, men began to say, “Come, let us make a name.” (Genesis 11:4 MKJV). They believed they could climb to the heavens by reason, by brick and mortar, by systems and symbols. This is the essence of Cronus: to build understanding without revelation.
Every civilization since has honoured this counterfeit wisdom. Egypt deified Thoth as the god of writing; Greece praised Hermes; Rome exalted Mercury; India worshiped Saraswati. All are faces of Cush, the Interpreter. He offers enlightenment but not obedience.
“Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools.” — Romans 1:22 (MKJV)
The Chain of False Prophets
From Cush came Nimrod, whose name means “we will rebel.” Nimrod took the wisdom of his father and turned it into power. Where Cush built the system, Nimrod built the empire. Together, they established the first religious hierarchy, with Cush as the oracle, Nimrod as the king, and their queen as the intercessor. This trinity appears in every ancient culture.
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Assyria: Ashur (the lord), Ninus (the conqueror), Ishtar (the queen)
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Babylon: Bel (the father), Tammuz (the son), Semiramis (the mother)
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Egypt: Osiris, Horus, Isis
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Greece: Cronus, Zeus, Rhea
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Rome: Saturn, Jupiter, Cybele
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India: Brahma, Krishna, Devi
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Asia: Heavenly Father, Incarnate Son, Goddess Mother
Each triad repeats the same lie—that man can interpret the divine, rule in the divine’s place, and bring light to the world apart from Torah.
The Interpreter Tested
The Word of Yehovah warns:
“When a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder… you shall not hearken unto the words of that prophet; for Yehovah your Elohim proves you, to know whether you love Yehovah your Elohim with all your heart and with all your soul.” — Deuteronomy 13:1-3 (MKJV)
Cush represents that test. Yehovah allows interpreters, philosophers, and teachers to arise so that His people can choose. Will they cling to the written Torah, or will they follow the “insight” of men? The Interpreter’s voice is always smooth; it promises unity and progress. But it ends in Babel—confusion.
From Time-Lord to Sun-Lord
Cronus also means time. The ancients said he devoured his own children, a parable of the calendar that consumes its sons—months, seasons, and years. How fitting that the world’s false worship centers on times and seasons Yehovah never commanded! Sunday instead of the Sabbath; Christmas and Easter instead of Passover and Tabernacles; man-made “festivals of lights” instead of the appointed mo’edim. All of these are the offspring of Cronus, swallowed again by time.
Yehovah told Moses:
“These are the feasts of Yehovah, even holy convocations, which you shall proclaim in their seasons.” — Leviticus 23:4 (MKJV)
The Interpreter says, “We may choose our own seasons.” Yehovah says, “Proclaim Mine.” The conflict could not be clearer.
The Return of the Interpreter
In our day the spirit of Cush has returned. Prophets without Torah claim visions; teachers explain away the commandments; scholars reinterpret the plain word to fit the culture. This is Cronus reborn. Yet Yehovah still proves His people. The test remains the same: Will you believe the Interpreter or the Scriptures?
Brethren, I write these things not to condemn knowledge but to remind us that all true wisdom begins with the fear of Yehovah. Anything else is the echo of Cush.
Footnotes – Part 2
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Alexander Hislop, The Two Babylons, chapter II “Objects of Worship,” discussion of Cronus as Bel and Interpreter of Prophecies.
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Romans 1:22 (MKJV).
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Deuteronomy 13:1-3 (MKJV).
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Leviticus 23:4 (MKJV).
Part 3 – Nimrod, Semiramis, and the Queen of Heaven
The Rise of the Mighty One
After Cush came Nimrod, and the Scripture says plainly,
“And Cush begat Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter before Yehovah.” — Genesis 10:8-9 (MKJV)
To hunt before Yehovah does not mean to serve Him but to stand in His face. Nimrod organized cities—Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh—places built on defiance. Where his father had tried to interpret the heavens, Nimrod tried to control the earth. He was the first to join government and religion into one rule. From that union every later empire has borrowed its pattern.
The Birth of the Queen
Tradition remembers a woman who ruled beside Nimrod, known by many names—Semiramis, Ishtar, Astarte, Isis, Cybele, Rhea, Venus, Devi. She is called the Queen of Heaven in Jeremiah 7 and 44, and the Mother of the gods in later tongues. She is the voice that says, “I sit as a queen and am no widow.” (Revelation 18:7) Her spirit is the opposite of submission; it crowns itself with light.
“The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke Me to anger.” — Jeremiah 7:18 (MKJV)
That verse describes not only ancient Judah but the entire world system that worships the creature instead of the Creator. Every culture has honored her under new names, but the symbols remain—crescent, star, dove, child in arms, flame, and crown.
The Pattern Repeated
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Babylon called her Ishtar, the morning star.
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Egypt called her Isis, the mother of Horus.
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Greece called her Rhea or Aphrodite.
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Rome called her Venus or Cybele.
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Asia called her Shing-moo or Kwan-Yin.
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India called her Devi or Parvati.
Each name hides the same system: a mother elevated, a son glorified, and a father forgotten. Hislop traced the titles—Bel, Molech, Osiris, Ra, Zeus, Jupiter, Bacchus, Krishna—showing that the world carried one memory of rebellion through different languages. [1] It is the story of light stolen from Heaven and set up on earth as its own god.
Genesis 4:1 – Eve’s Statement and the “Manchild” Interpretation
Genesis 4:1 (MKJV): “And Adam knew Eve his wife. And she conceived and bore Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from Jehovah.”
Connection to Virgo and the “Manchild” in Prophecy
This verse is linked by some (e.g., E.W. Bullinger in The Witness of the Stars, 1893, and Sightedmoon.com) to the constellation Virgo (the Virgin), which was seen in ancient star lore as a woman holding a branch (representing seed/child). The “manchild” idea ties to:
- Revelation 12:1-5 — A woman (Virgo) clothed with the sun, moon under her feet, crowned with 12 stars, giving birth to a manchild who rules nations — interpreted as the Messiah.
- Eve’s statement is viewed as her believing Cain was the fulfillment of Genesis 3:15 (“he shall bruise thy head”), but he became the first murderer instead.
Noah’s Wife and the Stars
There is no direct biblical verse stating Noah’s wife thought she was the mother of the Messiah or looked at the stars. This is a speculative interpretation from extra-biblical or prophetic teachings, suggesting post-Flood humanity (including Noah’s family) preserved pre-Flood star knowledge (the Gospel in the Stars). Virgo’s annual “birth” (sun in Virgo, Spica as the branch) was seen as a promise of redemption, and some claim that Noah’s wife (or Semiramis in Babylonian corruption) misapplied it to her child (Ham, Cush, and Nimrod as a false messiah). Noah’s wife would have thought she was the one spoken of in the story of Virgo after the flood. She was the mother of all her sons, and no others were born until after the flood. She believed she was the mother of god spoken of in the Virgo constellation.
- Closest Biblical Parallel: Genesis 5:29 — Lamech names Noah, saying “This one shall comfort us… out of the ground which Jehovah has cursed,” hinting at a deliverer, but not his wife or stars.
Summary
- Verse: Genesis 4:1 — Eve: “I have gotten a man from Yehovah” (thought to be the promised seed/manchild).
- Virgo Link: Symbolic in ancient astronomy (Bullinger, Dumond), not explicit in Scripture.
- Noah’s Wife: No verse; interpretive tradition only.
This ties into end-time warnings (Revelation 12, Jubilee cycles) — the true “manchild” is Yeshua, not a false one.
The Candle for the Dead
Among the rites of this Queen was the burning of lights for the departed. Shem executed Nimrod (Tammuz). Ezekiel saw women in the Temple “weeping for Tammuz” (Ezekiel 8:14 MKJV). Tammuz, the dying son, was said to descend to the underworld each year and rise again with the spring. The people lit lamps to guide his spirit and to honour the dead. Those same flames survive today in candles for the dead, vigils, and festivals of remembrance. Just look at what people do when someone dies today. At the large rally they all light candles in their honour.
The prophet saw it and cried out because Yehovah had not commanded such fire. He commanded repentance, not ritual light.
“Then He said unto me, ‘Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these.’” — Ezekiel 8:15 (MKJV)
Every time a candle is lit to comfort the dead instead of turning hearts to obedience, the same old story repeats—the light of man replacing the life of Yehovah.
The Spread of False Light
When Babel fell, the nations carried its religion with them. Assyria carved winged bulls; Egypt built pyramids; Greece sculpted marble gods; Rome crowned them with laurel; India painted them blue; Asia gilded them in gold. Yet all of them shared one creed: enlightenment through nature and the cycle of death and rebirth.
Hislop recorded that even the Druids of Britain kept the fires of Baal, calling them Beltane; in the East, the same fires honoured Surya, the sun-lord. [2] Whether bonfire, lamp, or candle, every spark proclaimed the same message: the sun-god dies and rises; man will ascend by light of his own making.
Judah’s Lesson
Stephen reminded the Sanhedrin of this history when he said,
“Then Elohim turned, and gave them up to serve the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O house of Israel, have you offered to Me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness? Yea, you took up the tabernacle of Molech, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which you made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.” — Acts 7:42-43 (MKJV)
The House of Israel and the House of Judah both adopted the star and the image of Molech—the very same light-symbols of Ham’s line. They carried the torch of rebellion into their worship, thinking they honoured Yehovah while following the Queen of Heaven. Solomon, too, the wisest of all men, also built shrines to these same gods on the mountain across from the City of David, along its southern ridge.
The Queen’s Modern Garments
Today the world keeps her feasts without knowing her name. The lights of winter festivals, the candles of the dead, the ribbons and wreaths, even the imagery of mother and child crowned with stars—all trace back to that ancient triad. The forms have changed, but the message is unchanged: celebrate the light that is not commanded.
Yehovah warned,
“Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? Even so will I do likewise. Thou shalt not do so unto Yehovah thy Elohim: for every abomination to Yehovah, which He hateth, have they done unto their gods.” — Deuteronomy 12:30-31 (MKJV)
When I see candles flicker for the dead or lights twinkle in a festival of lights not found in Leviticus 23, I remember that warning. They may look beautiful, but they are still tests of obedience. We have just finished the Festival of Lights for Divali. Next up is Chanukah, and it is followed by the Festival of Lights known as Christmas. All of them are done when the days are darkest.
The True Light
Yehovah’s light is not a flame kindled by human hands. It is His word. The psalmist said,
“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” — Psalm 119:105 (MKJV)
If His word is our light, then we have no need to borrow from the Queen of Heaven or from Nimrod’s tower. The menorah in the Tabernacle was commanded; every other lamp is an invention. The true worshipper walks in the light of obedience, not the glow of imitation.
The Call
Brethren, the story of Nimrod and the Queen of Heaven is not remote history—it is prophecy fulfilled again and again. Every empire that exalts human wisdom, every religion that crowns its own light, every believer who adds to the Torah repeats their rebellion. Yet Yehovah still calls His people out of Babylon. He still says, “Come out of her, My people, that you be not partakers of her sins.” (Revelation 18:4 MKJV)
Let us come out—out of the false lights, the candles for the dead, the feasts not commanded—and return to the Sabbaths and Feasts of Yehovah. There is our safety; there is our joy. All other lights fade.
Footnotes – Part 3
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Alexander Hislop, The Two Babylons, chapters II–III, on the triple deity and the titles of the Mother and Child.
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Ibid., section “Fires of Baal,” connecting ancient Babel rites to European Beltane and Eastern Sun festivals.
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Jeremiah 7:18; Ezekiel 8:14-15; Acts 7:42-43; Deuteronomy 12:30-31; Psalm 119:105 (MKJV).
Part 4 – The Candle for the Dead and the Lament for Tammuz
The Flame of Mourning
When Ezekiel was carried in vision to the Temple, he saw women “weeping for Tammuz.” (Ezekiel 8:14 MKJV). The prophet stood aghast. This was no private superstition; it had invaded the very courts of Yehovah. The people had brought their torches and their tears to mourn the dying sun-god—a story repeated from Babylon to Greece and Rome.
Each year, they kindled fires to remember the “lost light” and prayed that it would return. They thought they honoured life; in truth, they honoured death. They poured oil into lamps, believing the flame would guide the spirits of the departed. They sang hymns for the dead instead of songs of obedience.
“Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these.” — Ezekiel 8:15 (MKJV)
Yehovah called it an abomination because He had never commanded it. The light of that candle was not the light of His Torah but of human sentiment.
The Candle for the Dead
Over the centuries, the custom of lighting for the dead spread throughout the world. Egypt placed lamps in tombs, Greece burned tapers at graves, Rome carried candles in processions for ancestors. Later ages adopted the same flame to “honour” saints or souls. But whether for Osiris, Tammuz, or a loved one, the gesture whispered the same thought: light can cross the veil; man cannot keep the fire of life alive without Yehovah.
Scripture teaches otherwise:
“The dead know not anything… neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.” — Ecclesiastes 9:5–6 (MKJV)
Lighting a candle for the dead cannot change their state; it only exposes the heart of the living. It is another test—will we trust the resurrection that Yehovah has promised, or will we build our own ritual bridge to the dead?
The False Hope of the Flame
The prophet Jeremiah confronted this same spirit when the people baked cakes for the Queen of Heaven and poured out drink offerings:
“Do they provoke Me to anger? saith Yehovah: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?” — Jeremiah 7:19 (MKJV)
Those cakes and fires symbolized the same false hope. The nations believed that if they honoured the dying god and his mother, the sun would rise again, the crops would return, and the dead might join the gods in glory. But Yehovah declared that such rites only lead to confusion.
The Light of Obedience
Yehovah does command a light—but His light burns in obedience, not in memorial. The menorah in the Tabernacle was never for the dead; it illuminated the Holy Place where His word was read and His presence dwelt. The priests trimmed it daily according to His instruction (Exodus 27:20–21). That light pointed to the living Torah, not to departed souls.
David wrote,
“The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?” — Psalm 27:1 (MKJV)
If Yehovah Himself is our light, we have no need of borrowed flames.
The Test Continues
Just as the manna tested Israel and the tree tested Adam, so the world’s candlelight tests this generation. It seems gentle, compassionate, even holy. But the question is not how it feels—the question is who commanded it.
Yehovah warns:
“What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.” — Deuteronomy 12:32 (MKJV)
To add even a single rite to His worship is to repeat the sin of those who kindled strange fire before Him (Leviticus 10). It is to believe that our own emotion can improve upon His instruction.
The Fire That Proves
Fire always tests. The false light consumes; the true light refines. The prophet Malachi said,
“He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver.” — Malachi 3:3 (MKJV)
The difference between Tammuz’s fire and Yehovah’s fire is purpose. One pretends to preserve life; the other purifies it. One honours the dead; the other sanctifies the living. When we choose which light to follow, we declare whose kingdom we serve.
The Lesson for the Last Days
Revelation shows a woman clothed with the sun and another drunk with the blood of the saints (Revelation 12 and 17). Both claim light; one reflects it by obedience, the other steals it by idolatry. The world will again choose between Yehovah’s commandments and man’s ceremonies. The same candles will burn, the same songs will rise, and the same test will unfold.
Brethren, we are not called to extinguish compassion but to direct it rightly. The way to honour the dead is to live faithfully. The way to comfort the living is to proclaim the resurrection. Let our light be the keeping of Torah, not the flicker of strange fire.
Footnotes – Part 4
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Ezekiel 8:14–15 (MKJV) – The vision of the women weeping for Tammuz.
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Ecclesiastes 9:5–6 (MKJV) – The state of the dead.
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Jeremiah 7:19 (MKJV) – The Queen of Heaven rebuked.
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Deuteronomy 12:32 (MKJV) – Command not to add to Torah.
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Malachi 3:3 (MKJV) – Yehovah’s refining fire.
Part 5 – Tests of Obedience: Tree, Manna, and Festival of Lights
The Pattern of Testing
From the garden to the wilderness and into the present age, Yehovah has never changed the way He proves the hearts of His people. Each test looks simple on the surface, yet behind it lies a question of covenant faithfulness: Will you trust what He said, or will you invent something that seems better?
The first test was a tree.
The second is bread.
The third, a light.
The Tree of Knowing
In Eden, the Creator planted every tree that was pleasant to the sight and good for food, and in the midst of the garden, two trees—life and knowledge. He told Adam plainly:
“Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it.” — Genesis 2:16-17 (MKJV)
That command was not about fruit; it was about faith. Would Adam trust Yehovah’s definition of good and evil, or would he seize the right to decide for himself? When the woman saw that the tree was “pleasant to the eyes and to be desired to make one wise,” she reached out. The test was passed to all her children: when something looks good, do we still ask whether it was commanded?
Every false light since Eden shines with the same appeal—beautiful, enlightening, and disobedient.
The Manna in the Wilderness
After deliverance from Egypt, Israel faced the same question in a different form. Yehovah sent bread from heaven, saying,
“That I may prove them, whether they will walk in My law, or no.” — Exodus 16:4 (MKJV)
The manna fell six days, and none on the seventh. He allowed the people to search in vain so that their hearts would be revealed. Those who gathered on the Sabbath failed the test.
Yehovah’s test was gentle: Do you trust Me enough to rest when I say rest?
To some it seemed small; to Him it was everything. The Sabbath was His sign between Him and His people for all generations (Exodus 31:13). It still is.
The Festival of Lights
Today, another test glimmers across the earth—the festival the world calls the Festival of Lights. It arrives in the dark of winter, promising warmth, family, and devotion. Its lights are beautiful, its songs sweet, and yet it was never commanded.
Whether it is celebrated as Divali, Hanukkah, Christmas, or any other light feast, it asks the same question: Will we add to the Torah?
Deuteronomy warns:
“What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.” — Deuteronomy 12:32 (MKJV)
The story of the Maccabees may record a moment of courage, but the annual celebration built around it became another opportunity for man to sanctify what Yehovah never required. The light may look pure, but it is still a test.
The Nature of the Test
Yehovah’s tests always expose the heart, never confuse it. The fruit looked good, the extra day of gathering seemed reasonable, and the lights appeared innocent. But obedience is measured not by appearance but by command.
“Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of Yehovah.” — Deuteronomy 8:3 (MKJV)
When we celebrate what He did not appoint, we feed on bread that has no word behind it. When we sanctify our own times, we repeat the first rebellion—deciding for ourselves what is good and what is holy.
The Fire that Proves
Every generation must face its own fire. In ours, it is the fire of convenience and tradition. The test is not whether we recognize it but whether we obey in spite of it.
The prophet Malachi saw this when he wrote:
“He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and He shall purify the sons of Levi.” — Malachi 3:3 (MKJV)
The refiner’s fire separates true light from false glow. It burns away sentiment, leaving obedience.
The Reward of Faithfulness
To those who overcome these tests, Yehovah promises the same reward He offered from the beginning:
“To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.” — Revelation 2:7 (MKJV)
The Tree of Life is offered again to those who refused the tree of their own choosing. The eternal bread is given to those who kept the Sabbath rest. The true Light of the world shines for those who refused the counterfeit flame.
The Call to Return
Brethren, these stories are not distant history; they are the pattern of our testing. Each commandment reveals who we serve. Each festival we choose declares whose calendar we keep. The Tree, the Manna, and the Lights all ask the same question: Will you trust Yehovah’s Word, or your own eyes?
Let us choose the Light that was at creation, the Bread that came down from heaven, the Law that never changes. Let us keep His Sabbaths, His Feasts, His Torah—nothing more, nothing less.
Footnotes – Part 5
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Genesis 2:16-17; Exodus 16:4; Deuteronomy 12:32; Deuteronomy 8:3; Malachi 3:3; Revelation 2:7 (MKJV).
Part 6 – Conclusion and Call to Obedience
From Eden to Babel, from the wilderness to our own generation, Yehovah has tested His people with the same question: Will you walk in My ways or in your own? The names and symbols change, but the struggle is constant. Ham offered a counterfeit light, Cush a counterfeit wisdom, Nimrod a counterfeit kingdom, and the Queen of Heaven a counterfeit compassion. The prophets saw those same patterns in Israel, and Yeshua saw them in His day. We see them now whenever the world celebrates what He never commanded.
The lesson is not to despise light, bread, or beauty, but to ask whose they are. The Tree in Eden, the Manna in the wilderness, and the Festival of Lights today all reveal whether we will obey the Word or follow what seems good in our own eyes. Yehovah’s tests are merciful; they show us where our hearts stand before judgment.
“Hear, O Israel: Yehovah our Elohim, Yehovah is one: And thou shalt love Yehovah thy Elohim with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.” — Deuteronomy 6:4-5 (MKJV)
Loving Him with all the heart means trusting His calendar, His Sabbaths, His appointed times. It means saying no to the counterfeit lights that fill the winter sky and yes to the light that shone from Sinai.
Remember the Purpose of Light
Yehovah’s light exposes darkness; it never imitates it. The menorah in the Holy Place, the fire on the altar, and the flame of His Word were all given for service, not for show. When the world kindles its own fires—candles for the dead, lanterns for false feasts—it turns the symbol into a substitute. The prophet Isaiah warned:
“Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness.” — Isaiah 5:20 (MKJV)
The difference between holy and profane light lies in obedience.
The True Enlightener
The Scriptures say, “The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light.” (Matthew 4:16 MKJV). That light is the Word made flesh, the Torah walking among men. It is not the flame of Ham’s rebellion nor the glow of Cush’s wisdom, but the radiance of Yehovah’s own presence. To follow Him is to keep His commandments; to ignore them is to return to Babylon.
John wrote:
“Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Yeshua.” — Revelation 14:12 (MKJV)
Faith and obedience are one light. The faith that does not obey is shadow; obedience without faith is smoke.
The Final Appeal
Brethren, the world’s lights will grow brighter as its darkness deepens. It will promise unity, peace, and tolerance, but it will still be Babel. Our calling is not to curse the darkness or chase every false spark; it is to stand in the light of Yehovah’s Word and let it expose the truth.
Return to the Sabbaths and Feasts of Leviticus 23. Guard the seventh day. Rest in the Jubilee cycles He has revealed. Refuse the additions of men. The mark of the beast is rebellion against His times and laws; the mark of His people is obedience to them.
When the final test comes—and it surely will—it will again look beautiful. The light will appear gentle, harmless, and enlightening. But the question will remain: Who commanded it?
“If ye love Me, keep My commandments.” — John 14:15 (MKJV)
That is the whole matter. Love proves itself in obedience; obedience reveals love. Let us therefore walk as children of the true Light, not of the counterfeit flame. May Yehovah’s Word be our lamp, His Torah our path, and His appointed times our delight.
References
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Alexander Hislop, The Two Babylons – on the spread of solar and mother-child worship.
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Joseph F. Dumond, The Prophecies of Abraham and The Abomination That Makes Desolate – teachings on Sabbaths, Feasts, and prophetic cycles.
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MKJV Scriptures: Genesis 2:16-17; Exodus 16:4; Deuteronomy 4:19; 12:32; Jeremiah 7:18-19; Ezekiel 8:14-15; Malachi 3:3; Matthew 4:16; John 14:15; Revelation 14:12; 2:7.
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